Niles Girls Basketball wins the 1st Round of Districts.  The Lady Vikings had a slow start only getting 2 buckets from Elly Matlock in the first quarter.  Niles was able to get into a rhythm in the second quarter outscoring the Falcons by 10 points.  Niles came out at half time focused on their defense allowing some easy points.  Amara Palmer led scorers with 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 6 steals.  Natalie Lucero contributed 10 points and 3 steals.  Kamryn Patterson and Elly Matlock chipped in 9 points and 5 steals each.  Matlock also pulled down 8 rebounds.  Constantine was led by Charlee Balcom with 10 points.

Niles will play Vicksburg at Edwardsburg for the 2nd round of Districts at 7:00pm on Wednesday.  This will be the third time Niles faces Vicksburg this season.  Both games have gone in Vicksburg's favor (47-55 & 47 - 57).

Niles: Gear 0 0-0 0; Patterson 4 0-1 9; Matlok 4 0-0 9; Palmer 7 4-5 18; Smith 0 0-0 0; Lucero 4 0-2 10; Kloe Kiggins 0 0-0 0; Brynn Lake 0 0-0 0; Hampton 0 1-2 1; Kayla Kiggins 0 0-0 0; VanDePutte 0 0-0 0; Bree Lake 0 0-0 0; Riggenbach 0 0-0 0.  Fouls: 12

Constantine: Martinez 0 0-0 0; Ambs 0 0-0 0; Whitake 0 4-6 4; Lopez-Gasko 0 0-0 0; Middleton 0 0-0 0; Herlein 1 1-2 3; Cullifer 1 0-2 2; Salisbury 0 0-0 0; Balcom 3 4-4 10; Knepple 1 0-0 2; Clewell 0 0-0 0; Cullifer 1 0-0 2; McNamara 3 0-0 7.  Fouls: 14

3 Pointers: Niles 4 (Patterson 1, Matlock 1, Lucero 2); Constantine 1 (McNamara)